John mcgbath



(No Model.) 7 J. MOG'RATH.

OORPSE HEAD REST.

No. 299,665. Patented June 3, 1884.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MQGRATH, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

CORPSE HEAD-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,665, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed October 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MCGRATH, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corpse Head-Rests,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a-perspective view of my improvement opened for use. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the same folded. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesame folded.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient support for theheads of corpses in corpse-preservers, upon cooling and layingoutboards, and upon embalming and dissectconstructed with an elastic barcurved at its adjusted will be held from slipping, as will behereinafter fully described.

The head-rest is made of two bars or strips,

A B, of spring-brass or other suitable elastic V metal.

The longer bar, A, is concaved in its middle part to receive the head ofa corpse, and its end parts are curved downward and The shorter bar, B,is

outward to form feet.

concaved near one end to fit the head of the corpse, and is pivoted atthe middle part of the said curvature by a rivet, O, to the bar A at themiddle part of its central curvature. The long arm of the bar B iscurved downward and outward to form a foot, the curvature being suchthat the said bar will fit the back of the neck of a corpse.

To the feet of the bars A B are soldered or otherwise secured, or uponthem are formed, points D,to prevent the said feet from slipping uponthe bottom of the corpse-preserver, or upon the board or table uponwhich the corpse is laid. With this construction the rest A B can bereadily adjusted beneath the head of the corpse, and will yield topressure so as to support the head in a natural position.

In case it should be desired to turn the head to one side, a pressure ofthe hand upon the highest point at that side will give the desiredposition, the points D keeping the rest from slipping out of place.Another advan tage of this construction is that the head-rest can becompactly folded for transportation and storage.

Having'thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A corpse'head-rest formed of the middle concavedbar,A, and end concaved bar, B, pivoted at 0, both bars being providedwith feet D, as shown and described.

JOHN MOGRATH.

Witnesses:

J AMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGwIoK-

